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UP Retired Railway Employee Dies After Years of Abuse; Mentally Challenged Daughter Rescued in Starved Condition
Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh | December 29, 2025 A deeply disturbing case of long-term abuse and neglect has emerged from Mahoba district in Uttar Pradesh, where a retired railway employee lost his life and his mentally challenged daughter was found in a severely starved and helpless condition after allegedly being held captive by their caretakers for nearly five years. The victim, Omprakash Singh Rathore, aged 70, was a retired senior clerk with the Indian Railways. He had been living with his 27-year-old...
Tribal Student Dies After Assault Over Racial Slurs in Dehradun, Body Flown Back to Tripura
Agartala/Dehradun, December 28, 2025: Tripura was engulfed in grief and anger on Saturday as the body of Anjel Chakma, a final-year MBA student from Jigyasa University in Dehradun, was brought back to the state following a brutal attack in Uttarakhand. Anjel had been battling for his life in a hospital for weeks after sustaining severe injuries in an assault linked to racial abuse. The incident occurred on December 9 in the Selaqui area of Dehradun between 6 pm and 7 pm. Anjel, along with his...
UP Govt Makes Arrangements for Night Shelters, Blankets Amid Cold Wave
New Delhi, December 28: As a severe cold wave and dense fog continue to grip Uttar Pradesh, the state government has stepped in with large-scale relief measures to protect people from harsh winter conditions. With temperatures dropping sharply across districts, the focus is on ensuring that no one, especially the poor and homeless, is left exposed to the cold. According to official information released on December 27, the government has activated night shelters, blanket distribution drives and...
UP BJP President Pankaj Chaudhary Launches West Uttar Pradesh Tour, Urges Party Cadre to Prepare for 2026 Panchayat Elections
Lucknow | December 28, 2025 Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Pankaj Chaudhary on Saturday began his first tour of western Uttar Pradesh after taking charge as the state unit chief, calling on party workers to gear up for the 2026 panchayat elections while keeping an eye on the 2027 assembly polls. Chaudhary started his tour from Mathura, where he paid obeisance at the Banke Bihari temple in Vrindavan. From there, he travelled to Agra and addressed party workers and office...
Uncollectible Voter Count in Uttar Pradesh Drops by 7 Lakh as Special Revision Drive Concludes
Lucknow, December 27: The number of voters whose enumeration forms could not be collected during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Uttar Pradesh has declined by around seven lakh within a span of 15 days, official data revealed on Friday. The drop was recorded as the extended enumeration phase of the revision exercise came to an end on December 26. According to data available with the office of the Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), the number of voters...